New Posts For Thread: Character Death House Ruleshttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29365675/Character_Death_House_RulesI want character death to be feared and have meaning. However, I don't like to kill off a character someone "loves" and worked hard to put together. So when death rears its ugly head, I was thinking to offer two options. One, a player can choose to dI'd like to preface that this houserule won't appeal to most players - On a character death, you roll a random race/class and that is your next character. In our current campaign we are the vanguard of a force of about 50, representing most of the rahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29365675/Character_Death_House_Rules?post_id=523885445#523885445I'd like to preface that this houserule won't appeal to most players - On a character death, you roll a random race/class and that is your next character. In our current campaign we are the vanguard of a force of about 50, representing most of the raThu, 06 Sep 2012 23:23:47 -0500That doesn't seem hugely different from the standard "lose 500 gp and –1 to all rolls until you reach three milestones".My own house rule is that the player can refluff the description of 'death' (without changing the mechanics) to be more akinhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29365675/Character_Death_House_Rules?post_id=523879977#523879977That doesn't seem hugely different from the standard "lose 500 gp and –1 to all rolls until you reach three milestones".My own house rule is that the player can refluff the description of 'death' (without changing the mechanics) to be more akinThu, 06 Sep 2012 19:19:40 -0500I DMed a 1st level game recently. A small party, only 3 people. There was a Fighter, Assassin, and a Cleric. I had the Assassin in the corner of a room with 1 hp, blinded, and surrounded by a couple goblins, the fighter well past bloodied and takinghttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29365675/Character_Death_House_Rules?post_id=523878817#523878817I DMed a 1st level game recently. A small party, only 3 people. There was a Fighter, Assassin, and a Cleric. I had the Assassin in the corner of a room with 1 hp, blinded, and surrounded by a couple goblins, the fighter well past bloodied and takingThu, 06 Sep 2012 18:37:06 -0500I DMed a 1st level game recently. A small party, only 3 people. There was a Fighter, Assassin, and a Cleric. I had the Assassin in the corner of a room with 1 hp, blinded, and surrounded by a couple goblins, the fighter well past bloodied and takinghttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29365675/Character_Death_House_Rules?post_id=523878495#523878495I DMed a 1st level game recently. A small party, only 3 people. There was a Fighter, Assassin, and a Cleric. I had the Assassin in the corner of a room with 1 hp, blinded, and surrounded by a couple goblins, the fighter well past bloodied and takingThu, 06 Sep 2012 18:26:48 -0500interesting stuff listed here. I like Salla's approach the most I think, it gives the player a lot of chances to make it and true death is pretty hard to get to. Personally I haven't really given much thought to the death rules as a DM. I've pretthttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29365675/Character_Death_House_Rules?post_id=523869467#523869467interesting stuff listed here. I like Salla's approach the most I think, it gives the player a lot of chances to make it and true death is pretty hard to get to. Personally I haven't really given much thought to the death rules as a DM. I've prettThu, 06 Sep 2012 14:55:14 -0500